2002 San Jose State Spartans football team
2002 San Jose State Spartans football | |
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Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
Record | 6–7 (4–4 WAC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Norman Joseph (2nd season) |
Defensive coordinator | Ronnie Lee (2nd season) |
Home stadium | Spartan Stadium |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 Boise State $ | 8 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hawaii | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fresno State | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Jose State | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nevada | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana Tech | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 3 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTEP | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulsa | 1 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2002 San Jose State Spartans football team represented
Spartan Stadium. The Spartans finished the season 6–7, 4–4 in WAC play, to finish in fourth place. Although they improved from a 3–9 season in 2001, the Spartans did not participate in a bowl game
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Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 4:00 p.m. | vs. Arkansas State* | W 33-14 | 18,492 | ||
September 7 | 12:30 p.m. | at No. 11 FSNNW | L 10–34 | 70,147 | ||
September 14 | 7:00 p.m. | at Stanford* | KRON | L 26–63 | 54,500 | |
September 21 | 11:00 a.m. | at Illinois* | W 38–35 | 50,990 | ||
September 28 | 7:00 p.m. | FSNSW | W 58–24 | 10,416 | ||
October 5 | 12:00 p.m. | at SMU | W 34–23 | 13,016 | ||
October 12 | 9:00 a.m. | at No. 5 Ohio State* | ESPN Plus | L 7–50 | 104,892 | |
October 19 | 1:00 p.m. | at Nevada | L 24–52 | 19,481 | ||
October 26 | 2:00 p.m. | Boise State |
| L 8–45 | 10,497 | |
November 2 | 8:00 p.m. | at Oceanic PPV, KFVE | L 31–40 | 36,784 | ||
November 9 | 2:00 p.m. | Louisiana Tech |
| W 42–30 | 6,391 | |
November 16 | 12:00 p.m. | at Cox 9 | W 49–38 | 15,653 | ||
November 23 | 2:00 p.m. | rivalry ) | L 16–19 | 14,134 | ||
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Game summaries
Vs. Arkansas State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Spartans | 0 | ||||
Indians | 0 |
At No. 14 Washington
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Spartans | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
No. 14 Huskies | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 34 |
At Stanford
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Spartans | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 26 |
Cardinal | 7 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 63 |
At Illinois
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Spartans | 7 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 38 |
Fighting Illini | 0 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 35 |
UTEP
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Miners | 7 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
Spartans | 7 | 21 | 10 | 20 | 58 |
At SMU
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Spartans | 7 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 34 |
Mustangs | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
At No. 5 Ohio State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Spartans | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
No. 5 Buckeyes | 7 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 50 |
At Nevada
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Spartans | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
Wolf Pack | 14 | 0 | 17 | 21 | 52 |
Boise State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Broncos | 21 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 45 |
Spartans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
At Hawaii
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Spartans | 10 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
Warriors | 14 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 40 |
Louisiana Tech
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 9 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 30 |
Spartans | 0 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 42 |
At Tulsa
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Spartans | 14 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 49 |
Golden Hurricane | 6 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 38 |
Fresno State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 19 |
Spartans | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
Personnel
Coaching staff
Name | Position | Seasons at San Jose State |
Alma Mater |
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Fitz Hill | Head coach | 2 | Ouachita Baptist (1987) |
Earl Buckingham | Assistant head coach, defensive line | 2 | Arkansas (1983) |
Norman Joseph | Co-offensive coordinator, quarterbacks | 2 | Mississippi State (1977) |
Ronnie Lee | Defensive coordinator, defensive backs | 2 | Washington State (1989) |
Charlie Roche | Co-offensive coordinator, offensive line | 2 | Eastern Illinois (1996) |
Charles Nash | Running backs | 2 | Arizona (1976) |
Kenwick Thompson | Linebackers, recruiting coordinator | 2 | Harding (1992) |
Keith Williams | Wide receivers | 2 | San Diego State (1996) |
Chris Wilkerson | Defensive ends | 1 | Eastern Illinois (1995) |
Keith Allen | Special teams, defensive assistant | 1 | Oklahoma (1997) |
Source:[3][4][5][6][7][8] |
Final roster
2002 San Jose State Spartans final roster | ||||||||||
Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
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Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
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Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams
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Reference:[3] |
References
- ^ "Official Website of the San Jose State Spartans". www.sjsuspartans.com. Archived from the original on December 8, 2002. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
- ^ "2002 Football Statistics". San José State Spartans. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017.
- ^ a b "2002/2003 Football Roster". San Jose State Spartans. Archived from the original on December 20, 2002.
- ^ "Earl Buckingham". UAPB Athletics. Archived from the original on May 8, 2013.
- ^ "Head coach Charles Nash". Competitive Elite Sports. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
- ^ "Football Staff - Keith Allen" (PDF). coachallen.com.
- ^ "Keith Williams". Tulane Athletics. Archived from the original on June 7, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
- ^ "Kenwick Thompson". Vanderbilt Commodores. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2014.